How To Fund Your Wallet

How To Fund Your Wallet

The Bitcoin price can vary throughout the world so perform your own due diligence to make sure you are getting a fair deal. The first step however is to choose a wallet where you will keep your bitcoin before selecting an exchange.

We are recommending the Blockchain Wallet or the Coinpayments wallet below, but you are of course free to choose anyone you prefer.

Once you have secured your wallet, the next step is to decide upon an exchange. Exchanges provide highly varying degrees of safety, security, privacy, and control over your funds and information. However, there is no excuse for not controlling your own private keys.

We therefore strongly recommend you do not keep most of your bitcoins in their service but rather transfer your funds to your private wallet.

Later, as you begin to accumulate more Bitcoins, we will share added security features such as the Ledger Hardwire Wallet to secure your Bitcoins even further.

US based. Coinbase is one of the world's largest Bitcoin exchanges. Users in the United States, Canada, most of Europe, and Singapore can buy bitcoins with a connected bank account (larger amounts 3-5 days), Pay Pal (instant), credit/debit card (instant) and SEPA transfer.

Gemini fully regulated, fully compliant, New York-based digital asset exchange for both individuals and institutions. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss twins are some of the owners. It is the first U.S. exchange licensed for bitcoin and ether trading. Gemini offers the ability to buy and sell both Bitcoin and Ether for USD.

The company Liberty X (formally Liberty Teller) was founded in 2014 by launching the first bitcoin ATMs in the U.S. Since then the startup has grown into a different kind of business by operating as a “virtual” bitcoin ATM provider. In order to purchase bitcoin with Liberty X you have to download the app for either Android or iOS and register with your phone number.

Then you go onto the application’s map to find one of Liberty X’s local stores by typing in your zip code. Following this, a bunch of stores will pop up with red pendants, and you can choose the closest merchant near you. The highlighted store within the app will tell you the specific details on how much bitcoin you can buy and the fees associated with the purchase.

After you choose a store, you simply travel to the location to purchase a bitcoin voucher. On arrival, you buy a voucher from the cashier that enables you to redeem bitcoin to any address. Using Liberty X to purchase bitcoin is a different kind of buying experience, and people may appreciate purchasing from a convenience store.

The peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange Paxful offers users the ability to trade gift cards for bitcoins from a wide variety of stores. Paxful also offer its users the ability to use credit and debit cards, Third Party processors like Neteller, STP, Payonerr and more! Scroll to the bottom of the site to see listings by country.

Zebpay is app-enabled bitcoin wallet provider headquartered in Singapore with IT office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The company was founded by Mahin Gupta in late 2012 under the name Buysellbitco.in and is India's first and largest bitcoin exchange in India.

M-Pesa is a mobile phone-based money transfer, financing and microfinancing service, launched in 2007 by Vodafone for Safaricom and Vodacom, the largest mobile network operators in Kenya and Tanzania and also doing business in other African countries including Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ghana, South Africa and more. Also in India and the Philippines

Xapo is out of Hong Kong and claims to be the worlds most secure wallet.

More Options

Here is a link to review even more options by country but again, please do your due diligence. We suggest Googling them and checking their reviews. Try to look for the most recent reviews and also take a look at both good and bad reviews to get a well rounded perspective.